Background
Allen, Maryon Pittman was born on November 30, 1925 in Meridian, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of John D. and Tellie (Chism) Pittman.
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Allen, Maryon Pittman was born on November 30, 1925 in Meridian, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of John D. and Tellie (Chism) Pittman.
Student, University Alabama, 1944—1947. Student, International Institute Interior Design, 1970.
Office manager for, Doctor Alston Callahan, Birmingham, Alabama, 1959-1960; business manager psychiatric clinic, U. Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, 1960-1961; life underwriter, Protective Life Insurance Company, Birmingham, 1961-1962; women's editor, Sun Newspapers, Birmingham, 1962-1964; vice president, partner, Pittman family companies vice president, partner, Juris Doctor Pittman Partnership Company vice president, partner, Juris Doctor Pittman Tractor Company vice president, partner, Emerald Valley Corporation vice president, partner, Mountain Lake Farms, Inc., Birmingham member, United States Senate (succeeding late husband James B. Allen), 1978; director public relations and advertising, C.G. Sloan & Company Auction House, Washington, 1981; feature writer, Birmingham News, 1964; writer syndicated column Reflections of a News Hen,, Washington, 1969-1978; feature writer, columnist Maryon Allen's Washington,, Washington Post, 1979-1981; columnist, McCall's Needlework Magazine, since 1993. Owner The Maryon Allen Company Cliff House (Restoration/Design), Birmingham.
Member Ladies of the United States Senate unit American Red Cross, Former Members of Congress, Alabama History Commission, Blair House Fine Arts Commission. Charter member Birmingham Committee of 100 for Women. Member steering committee Alabama Governor's Mansion.
Trustee Children's Fresh Air Farm. Trustee, deacon, elder Indiana Presbyterian Church, Birmingham. Democratic Presidential elector, Alabama, 1968.
Member 1st White House Confederacy Board, Montgomery, Alabama. Member of United States dollar of 1812 (Dallas), United Daughters of the Confederacy (Greater Dallas), Daughters of the American Revolution (Greater Dallas), National Press Club, 1925 F St. Club, 91st Congress Club, Congressional Club, Birmingham Country Club.
Married Joshua Sanford Mullins, Junior, October 17, 1946 (divorced January 1959). Children: Joshua Sanford III, John Pittman, Maryon Foster. Married James Browning Allen, August 7, 1964 (deceased June 1978).